Our Entrepreneur Training for Success Program saw its most recent graduates complete their training in December 2010. Meet these new EWI members and learn what path they are taking to achieve their entrepreneurial and artistic endeavors by reading their New Member Profiles.
Registration Deadline: September 15
EWI is currently selecting 15-20 immigrant and refugee women for its intensive eight-week Entrepreneur Training for Success (ETS), Class 2010.
Classes will meet from 6:30-8:30pm on Thursdays, October 7, 14, 21, 28, November 4, 11, 18 and Monday, November 29, as well as from 10:30am-1:00pm on Saturday, November 20. All classes are held in our Alexandria office, located inside Convergence at 1801 N. Quaker Lane, Alexandria, VA 22302.
The training tuition is $250/participant, plus a $35/yearly membership fee. Please let us know if you cannot afford to pay the training tuition, as some women may qualify for a partial scholarship. The training tuition can also be paid in two installments: $125 when you register for the training and the remaining $125 within 30 days of the first class. To apply for a scholarship or work out a payment plan, email Marga Fripp at cfripp@aol.com.
Please click here to read the full details about our successful Entrepreneur Training for Success program.
Kata Witorsch and Sharmila Karamchandani, both successful graduates of the ETS program.
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Registration Deadline: September 15, 2010
In order to be considered a candidate for our Entrepreneur Training for Success, please do the following:
STEP 1. Read about our member benefits and services, fill out our 2010 member intake survey (if you have not done so already), and then email Marga to let her know you completed the form.
STEP 2. Read about the full training program and then complete our online training application.
Please email Marga with any questions or to schedule an interview.
NOTE: All applicants must go through a phone or face-to-face interview with an EWI staff member before the course’s start date.
At the beginning of July, EWI had a wonderful felt workshop with Evelyn Carr, owner of ThreeBagsWool Farm in Purcellville, Virginia. Evelyn breeds Icelandic Sheep and is a talented felter – all of which is done in her spare time!
Felted items are made from wool roving and are a result of a combination of moisture, friction, and heat. Felt can be waterproof and is so strong that it used to be worn under armor in the Middle Ages and the US Army has started to employ it once more.
We have formed a partnership with Evelyn and her farm to make the most out of the wonderful opportunities this amazing fiber provides, and we are greatly looking forward to organizing more felt workshops in the future.
Our brand-new felt product is felt soap and it was a great success at the Whole Foods Market Annapolis’ Vendors’ Day on August 2.
Our most sincere thanks to Evelyn Carr for sharing her talent and passion with EWI, and to Sue Chaisson of Whole Foods Market Annapolis for inviting EWI-made products into the store.
June 14-18, 2010 — Marga Fripp, EWI’s President, had a busy spring season running a series of three successful marketing seminars, sponsored by the Montgomery County Arts and Humanities Council and tailored for creative artists and entrepreneurs.
Her acclaimed art marketing boot camp is taking her this June to the sunny island of Barbados. Marga will continue to help talented artists and artisans learn how to market their work and empower them to become successful creative entrepreneurs.
The project is supported and presented by The National Cultural Foundation in Barbados in association with the Creative Artworx Design Group.
Application Deadline: Monday, June 28
APPLY TODAY for this program! It is designed specifically for low-income and/or at-risk immigrant and refugee women to teach them the felting process and basic entrepreneurship skills and career and market readiness. This course will focus on felt soap and will include instruction on technique, patterns and designs, production, pricing, and labeling.
Our Basic Felting and Entrepreneurship Course runs from July 10 – August 7 and the course fee is $150 (scholarships may be available). Graduates may become felt soap producers in EWI’s Micro-Enterprise Program, from which they can earn supplemental income. They will also gain access to advanced felting courses and future projects.
To learn more about this course, the registration process, and scholarship availabilities, click here.
